Make Way - For Acceptance

We are all human. We all have foibles. We all have idiosyncrasies. We all have thoughts and feelings and behaviours that we unconsciously and consciously, to our detriment or the detriment of others, engage in.

We tend to want to believe that we are pretty good and we really like to think that we are better than what we actually are. We demonstrate this every time we offer a judgement or react to someone saying or doing something that we consider unacceptable or when we elevate our way of being over someone else.

None of us knows the full story of anyone else. We do not know what hardship or trauma they have suffered. Many of us have not stopped to know our own stories. We probably all have gaps in our stories even if we have been curious. Giving ourselves or someone else the benefit of the doubt is an act of grace and takes courage.

This doesn’t mean that breaking the law or causing calamity is acceptable. Laws and rules exist for everyone’s protection. Yet we all experience suffering even though it is generally undeserved. It is something most of us try to avoid even though it is through suffering that we invariably grow and can gain strength.

Happiness is something that we all want and not something that is a given either. It is not deserved but it can be generated. We can all experience happiness if we look for it and we can even create it.

If we choose to think that most people are doing the best they can with what they’ve got then we might be considered delusional but it will help us to more accepting and more focused on ourselves and keeping watch on our own thoughts, feelings and behaviour to live in a way that is more conscious and less critical. Maybe even lighter, brighter and happier too.

Being kind to ourselves and to others creates an opportunity to connect and to feel acceptable. We all matter and we all need to experience care. Self compassion and acceptance of self includes self care and healthy self awareness. In order to live wholeheartedly, let’s consciously invite acceptance into our inner thoughts, feelings and our very way of being.

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